Duodenal varices as an unusual cause of gastrointestinal bleeding due to portal hypertension: A case report

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-107

  Selçuk, Haldun ^a,b   Boyvat, Fatih ^a   Eren, Serdar ^a   Korkmaz, Murat ^a   Gür, Gürden ^a   Yilmaz, Uǧur ^a   Boyacioǧlu, Sedat ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GOP   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Duodenal varix; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; LIGATION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DUODENAL DISEASES; DUODENOSCOPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3943104183     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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